Light gray
#E2D2CC
#E2D2CC is a light gray with almost no color, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 12.9:1. On white it reaches only 1.5:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#E2D2CC shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #E2D2CC kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 FFF4F0
- 100 F4E8E4
- 200 E2D2CC
- 300 CABCB7
- 400 AE9F9A
- 500 93847F
- 600 786A65
- 700 5F524D
- 800 483D39
- 900 322925
- 950 1E1614
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #fff4f0; --color-gray-100: #f4e8e4; --color-gray-200: #e2d2cc; --color-gray-300: #cabcb7; --color-gray-400: #ae9f9a; --color-gray-500: #93847f; --color-gray-600: #786a65; --color-gray-700: #5f524d; --color-gray-800: #483d39; --color-gray-900: #322925; --color-gray-950: #1e1614;}Is #E2D2CC readable?
Contrast for text on #E2D2CC and for #E2D2CC used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.5APCA Lc 25 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 12.9APCA Lc 81 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #82736E · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.5APCA Lc 22 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 12.9APCA Lc 81 · Body text
Color palettes with #E2D2CC
Six palettes built around #E2D2CC, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#E2D2CC · #E7A22C · #FA8994 · #FAE38F · #2F2723
- Complementary#E2D2CC · #338FB0 · #00B8E3 · #FFCBB5 · #2E211C
- Split complementary#E2D2CC · #00B1B1 · #6FB6FF · #FFD2C4 · #31201B
- Triadic#E2D2CC · #009B78 · #B0A8FF · #FFD1C5 · #34251D
- Tetradic#E2D2CC · #9DBD7E · #00CEF8 · #F0DCFF · #392821
- Monochromatic#E2D2CC · #CD8369 · #FF8D4C · #FFCCB2 · #2D201C
#E2D2CC as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #E2D2CC looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #FFF4F0
- Brand 100, #F4E8E4
- Brand 200, #E2D2CC
- Brand 300, #CABCB7
- Brand 400, #AE9F9A
- Brand 500, #93847F
- Brand 600, #786A65
- Brand 700, #5F524D
- Brand 800, #483D39
- Brand 900, #322925
- Brand 950, #1E1614
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #FBFAF9
- Neutral 100, #F6F4F3
- Neutral 200, #E8E4E3
- Neutral 300, #D8D3D1
- Neutral 400, #A79F9C
- Neutral 500, #7A716E
- Neutral 600, #5A524F
- Neutral 700, #463E3C
- Neutral 800, #2D2624
- Neutral 900, #1C1614
- Neutral 950, #0E0907
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #EDAD56
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 200 with neutral 950 text, at 13.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 13.5:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #E2D2CC
Lighter and darker versions of #E2D2CC.